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Shanna felt the sound of the gunshot more than she heard it. The first sharp report jangled her nerves. The second cracked through her ear and jaw, so close she could almost feel the air stirred by the bullet. She released her mare's reins and threw her body to the ground. She hit dirt, neck snapping to the side, air exploding from her lungs. Her horse's hooves pounded the dry earth, the sound fading into the distance.
What had just happened?
Shanna raised her head. Dry brown grass swayed in front of her, sparkling with frost. White caps of mountains rose all around her. Silence hung heavy in the morning air.
Obviously someone in her hunting party had seen deer and taken a shot and she'd let the sound scare the sense out of her.
Her cheeks heated. She'd told Mr. Barstow she was no hunter, but this would make her the laughingstock of not only her hunting party, but also all of Talbot Mining. She could hear her friend Linda's giggle now.
Shaking her head at her own ridiculousness, Shanna stifled a laugh and struggled to her feet. As long as her overreaction to the first rifle shot didn't lose her a promotion, she would laugh along. No one could say Shanna Clarke wasn't a good sport.
Brushing her gloved hands over her orange jacket and insulated pants, she peered in the direction of her fleeing horse. The mare had reached the outfitter's pack mules. The other three members of the hunting party gathered several yards away. Mr. Barstow, the CEO of Talbot, stood on the ground. Behind him, Ron Davis, the chief financial officer, and Sheriff Gable remained astride their horses. Mr. Barstow raised his rifle to his shoulder and took aim.
At her.
She fell back to the ground.Didn't he see her? She glanced around, expecting to see a mule deer behind her, hoping to see
Nothing was there.
Panic slammed against her ribs. Her lungs seized, making it hard to breathe. She had to be mistaken.
She raised her head, peering over the long grass once again.
Her boss's rifle was trained on her.
She ducked before the shot cracked through the air. Her heart slammed against her ribs. Barstow was shooting at her. Shooting at her.
Her head swirled. It didn't make sense. None of it made sense.
She tried to rise, tried to move, but her legs were too weak to support her. She had to make them work. She had to get out of here. For her little Emily's sake. For her own sake. She didn't want to die.
Forcing herself to her hands and knees, she started to crawl, moving through the tufted, brown grass. If she remembered correctly, there was a rocky slope in this direction. Once she started down the slope, Barstow wouldn't be able to see her. She'd be able to stand without fear of being shot.
At least until he caught up.
The frozen earth was hard under her knees and hands. Her breath rasped in her throat, making it impossible to hear anything else. She imagined the sound of hooves, pounding across the valley faster than she could ever hope to move. They'd catch up to her in no time.
The ground grew rockier, digging through thick pants and gloves. She tried to move faster, waiting for the pounding hooves, waiting for the crack of gunfire, the impact of the bullet.
A report shattered the air.
Gasping, she glanced behind. Nothing but dry grass moved behind her. She forced herself to keep crawling.
The ground sloped downward. Gray rock replaced the waving grass. Shanna scrambled to her feet, forcing her legs to work. Crouching low, she stumbled over rock. Boots slipping and skidding, she picked her way down the slope. They'd be on her soon. She had to find cover. She needed a place to hide.
Another crack split the air.
She glanced behind, expecting to see horses on the edge of the slope, a rifle barrel pointed at her, but they hadn't reached her. Not yet.
The ground fell out from under her feet.
She rolled and stumbled, trying to right herself. Scrub brush scraped at her face, ripped at her coat. Jumbled sound filled her head. She landed on her hands. Pain shuddered up her arms. She pitched forward onto a shelf of rock.
Shanna gasped. Pain stabbed through her neck. She must have wrenched it. Swallowing a wave of nausea, she focused on breathing. In and out. In and out. She couldn't lie here. She couldn't wait. Barstow was coming. If he caught her
Gritting her teeth, she rolled to her side and struggled to her knees. Her neck screamed. Her legs felt boneless. She forced herself to move, scrambling along the shelf. The rock above tongued outward, creating an overhang. She slipped underneath. Lying on her side, she curled her back into the crevice and pulled her legs in tight.
She could hear them now. The beats of hooves. Or maybe it was her imagination. It didn't matter. She couldn't check. If she peeked out from under the rock, they'd surely see her.
She tensed at the gruff sound of her boss's voice. So it wasn't her imagination. He was there. But where exactly? At the top of the ridge? Or closer? She held her breath.
"I'm sorry I scared you, Shanna. I didn't see you. I wouldn't have fired if I knew you were down range. It was an accident."
An accident? She tried to replay what had happened in her mind. The sound of the shots. The sight of Barstow lining up for shot number two. Could it have been an accident?
"Come on, Shanna. You can't think I was trying to shoot you."
Did she think that? Yes, she had. As soon as she saw that rifle barrel she'd thought exactly that. But did it make any sense? What possible reason could Mr. Barstow have for wanting her dead?
"You're not hurt, are you?"
He sounded worried. Shanna tightened her grip on her legs, hugging them close. She wanted it all to be a mistake. She wanted Mr. Barstow to be telling the truth, to be worried that she was hurt. But was he really? How could she have gotten everything so wrong?
"Shanna? Talk to me, honey. Tell me you're all right. Please? Shanna?"
She opened her mouth and drew in a breath. But she couldn't get the image of him raising the gun out of her head.
She closed her mouth and pressed her lips tightly together. She didn't know what to do, what to think.
"Make a sound so I know where you are. I'll get the others and we'll come down for you."
She wanted to call out. Her throat ached with it. She needed to make this nightmare go away.
The broken hiss of a whisper rode across the wind, too faint for her to catch the words.
Unease prickled all the way up her spine. It was Barstow. She was sure of it. Even in a whisper, she could recognize that commanding, gruff voice. He must be talking to someone. One of the others from the hunting party. But why whisper?
Because he didn't want her to hear.
She stifled the whimper struggling to break from her lips. She had no more time to think. No time to wish things were different. If she wanted to get out of this alive, if she wanted to see her little girl again, she had to move. And she had to do it now.
She tilted her head back. Pain shot through her neck. Sucking in a sharp breath, she blinked the tears from her eyes and tried to take in her surroundings. The shelf of rock stretched at least a hundred yards. If she moved carefully and quietly, maybe she could shuffle her body under the shelf. Maybe she could put some distance between her and the men without them seeing. Maybe she could get away before they found her.
She had to.
A crash sounded from up the slope. Jace Lantry glanced up from the long, clawed footprint in the patch of snow and scanned the rough terrain that rose behind his ranch. Something was running through pine and fir. Maybe the grizzly that left this footprint. Or its prey.
Tilting his hat low, he squinted at the trees, the wide brim shielding his eyes from the morning sun. He didn't have anything against the bears. Hell, the land was theirs long before humans moved in. They'd never messed with his livestock. Grizzlies rarely did. They ate plants, most of the time. But he'd better make sure the fortress he built around his garbage cans would hold. The last thing he wanted was a momma grizzly deciding his cabin would make a nice restaurant. If that happened, there was no telling what she'd assume was on the menu.
A flash of blaze orange bobbed through the clump of trees. Not bear. Hunter.
Oh, hell. When Jace had agreed to lease land to his neighbor for hunting season, he'd specified Roger could only use acreage east of Gusset Ridge. This wasn't the first time this season that a wealthy hunter had wandered past the cutoff point and gotten himself lost. Roger might be a good outfitter, but he was awful when it came to controlling his rich clients. The guy was too damn nice.
Fortunately Jace didn't have any qualms about laying down the law to a straying hunter. He'd bought this ranch in the Wyoming wilderness so he'd never have to look out for anyone but himself again. The last thing he was going to do was provide some kind of hand-holding to a wealthy SOB who didn't think he had to follow the rules.
Wait a second.
The hunter broke from the cover of Engelmann spruce and ran along the forest's edge. Shoulder-length blond hair peeked from under the orange stocking cap. The unmistakable curve of a woman's hip was evident under the boxy orange coat. She stumbled through the dry grass and occasional patch of snow, no rifle, no concern for frightening her game. In fact, she looked like the frightened one.
The crack of rifle fire reverberated through the trees.
The woman ducked. Slipping, she fell to her knees. Thrusting herself back to her feet, she zigged through the edge of the forest, as if certain the gunshot had been meant for her.
Something wasn't right. Not right at all. He didn't have to have been a cop in his previous life in order to figure that out. And judging from the woman's present course, she was running straight for his homestead.
Jace groaned out loud.
An eye on the woman, he headed for his cabin. He'd moved to the mountains to escape trouble. But it appeared she had found him anyway.
SHANNA CROSSED the open slope, running flat out for the small log cabin and outbuildings nestled along a stream. Her boots skidded in a patch of snow. Her breath rasped in her throat, making her ears ache almost as much as her head and neck.
Crawling under the rock shelf and the rough terrain of the slope had given her a head start against the mounted men. But that last crack of gunfire proved Barstow was still on her heels. And it wouldn't take him long to figure out where she was headed.
She had to pray she could find someone to help her, a vehicle she could borrow, or at least a place to hide.
The cabin was closest, separated from the other buildings by split-rail fencing. Shanna could only pray the place had a phone.
She reached the cabin. She sidled up to a mullioned window and peered inside. The place was rustic and simple, with the kitchen, dining area and living room all visible from the side window. She didn't see anyone inside.
She also didn't see a phone.
She closed her eyes for a moment and forced herself to take a long breath. She might be able to break in to a simple little cabin like this. But if there was no phone, that wouldn't get her very far. When she thought about it, she had no clue who to call anyway. The sheriff was with Barstow. He'd watched while her boss had lined up his shot. For all she knew, he was the one Barstow was whispering to on the ridge.
She had to get out of here, and she had to do it now.
She scanned the distance to the other buildings. A pole barn dominated the ranch, surrounded by a fence. Past the corrals and next to the barn, dirt ruts led into a square structure.
A garage?
She peeked into the cabin again, this time scanning countertops and the area around the front door for anything that looked like car keys. Nothing. But maybe that was a good sign. Maybe whoever owned this place kept his keys in the garage.
Giving the rocky slope behind the cabin a glance, she ran for the garage. She reached the first fence. She stepped over the lowest rail and ducked under the second. Sharp pain shot down her neck. She ignored it and pushed on. If Barstow caught her, a sore neck would be the least of her worries.
She ran across the corral's bare dirt, struggling to hear over her breath rasping in her throat, her heartbeat pounding in her ears. Horses looked up from the round bale they munched on. One spooked and darted through an open gate and into the larger field beyond.
Her nerves stretched taut. She tried to run faster. She had no cover. If Barstow and the others cleared the evergreens while she was still crossing to the garage, she was done for. They wouldn't have any trouble hitting her with their high-powered rifles. And she doubted Barstow would allow himself to miss this time.
She reached the other side of the fenced pen and ducked under and out. She raced to the garage. Grabbing the door-knob, she held her breath and twisted.
It turned under her hand.
She pushed the door open and slipped inside, leaving the door open a crack behind her.
The garage was dark, but with the door cracked, not too dark to see a hulking shadow parked in its center. A truck. A way out. She just had to find a key.
She strained her eyes in the dim light and groped the wall around the door, hoping to find a key hook or nail. Nothing but studs and steel. She crossed to the truck and opened the driver's door. Light shone from the cab. Fear thickening in her throat, she used the extra light to quickly scan the area for any sign of keys. Coming up empty, she climbed into the pickup's cab and closed the door.
Plunged back into darkness, she willed her eyes to adjust. She felt for a key in the ignition switch, then groped under the floor mat. Nothing. Where else might someone hide a car key? She slipped a hand between sun visor and roof.
Her fingers hit metal.
A whimper catching in her throat, she grasped the key. She tried to keep her hand steady, tried to fit key into switch.
The passenger door jerked open. Light flared all around her.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Her whimper turned into a gasp as she looked into the barrel of a shotgun.


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Amazing, isn't it, the kinds of ridiculous crap they used to play on broadcast television back in the days before cable? I saw Jess Franco's lurid, sleazy, wholly indescribable The Girl from Rio on afternoon TV under its alternate title, Future Women. It was on WDRB-TV 41 in Louisville, a scrappy independent station that was, for at least part of its lifespan, actually run out of someone's garage studio. At a time when there were only three broadcast channels plus PBS (which, back then, was actually watchable thanks to their affection for 60s and 70s British spy and science fiction shows), having WDRB pop up was a real treat, especially for a kid like me. WDRB was more than willing to broadcast all sorts of weird stuff the majors wouldn't touch, and it was thanks to them that I first saw Godzilla, kungfu movies, and a whole pile of Eurosleaze horror cinema.
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My viewing of Zombie Lake was one of those events that lead you to question everything in your life that has lead up to it. I wouldn't necessarily say that it was a "where did I go wrong" moment, because many of the choices that brought me to it couldn't in themselves be considered mistakes. Nonetheless, when you get to the point where you see watching Zombie Lake as some kind of solemn obligation, it's a circumstance that bares some investigation. And I would be lying if I didn't admit that, amidst all the questioning of how and why, I also found myself asking if there was not some way that all of this could have been avoided.
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The phrase "Jess Franco at his worst" is something that should strike fear in the hearts of even the stoutest of cult film aficionados, to say nothing of the mainstream masses who go about their daily lives in blissful ignorance of the sundry celluloid abominations lurking in the dank, shadowy alleys of the cinematic landscape. Even at his best, Jess Franco manages to illicit negative reactions (to put it politely) to his work from the vast majority of viewers. And Jess Franco at his worst? The sane mind dare not even imagine what such a beast would look like! I, as has been stated elsewhere, am a fan of Jess Franco, and a pretty big fan at that. And as a fan of Franco, I recognize that often times the dank, shadowy alley leads to the secret door that opens up into a magical psychedelic jazz strip club decorated with garish pop art excess and populated by the bizarre and decadent fringes of lunatic society.
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While many fans of B-movie and cult film tend to center their discussion of Franco on his horror and sexploitation (though one could argue that all his films fall into this latter category) output, I tend to be more familiar with his action and espionage films– and keep in mind that, when discussing Jess Franco, the term "action" is used in an extremely loose fashion by which "action" can be defined as people sitting in a nightclub watching a psychedelic performance art striptease, or it can mean two people standing silently and staring at a rug for a spell. But the reason I like looking at Franco's non-horror films is that, within the realm of horror, and certainly within the more narrowly defined realm of European horror, there is already a lot of incompetence and weirdness and a tendency to abandon logic.

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critic Roger Ebert, is set to debut on January 21, but until yesterday, the program had lined up only one of its two hosts: AP critic Christy Lemire. (Ebert will contribute a weekly segment but won't be a regular host.) Obviously, speculation about who would fill that second chair has been the subject of much discussion amongst film critics -- who, admit it, kinda wish Ebert would pick them. But instead of going with a known commodity, Ebert has selected a newbie: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky. And as everyone keeps mentioning, yes, he's only 24 years old."Ebert Presents at the Movies," the new show from
Since most people's response to this news will be, "Who??," let's get to know Mr. Vishnevetsky. Born in the Soviet Union, he moved to the United States just before his ninth birthday, going to high school in Milwaukee and eventually moving to Chicago, the city where Ebert calls home. Ebert attended a screening that Vishnevetsky was at, and, according to Ebert, "I was struck by the depth and detail of his film knowledge, and by how articulate he was."
We admit we didn't at first recognize Vishnevetsky's name when the announcement was made, but once we started looking him up online, we realized we actually knew his work pretty well -- and were very impressed. His resume is stellar -- he previously served as a translator for a Russian literary journal, and he co-founded a site (Cine-File) that keeps up with independent and underground screenings in Chicago -- but he's done astounding work writing for Mubi, the essential film-snob website. But that doesn't mean he just writes about three-hour Thai films set in the imagination of a paraplegic son of French mimes: His think-piece on Jean-Claude Van Damme is thoughtful, clever and smart without trying to be an egghead about it. (You get the sense he actually, you know, enjoys action movies.)
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Kids in need: Taste of Oregon comes to Port Royal for lavish Wine Festival dinner
NAPLES - One of a series of stories about the annual Naples Winter Wine Festival, scheduled to conclude this weekend, and how it benefits Collier County children and charities.
When winter weather prevented his sous chef from coming to Naples from New Jersey, Le Pigeon executive chef Gabriel Rucker looked to the kitchen of Grace and Ken Evenstad's Port Royal home for some help.
He found it in the Evenstads' daughter, Serene Warren, and daughter-in-law, Shannon Evenstad. The two helped chop vegetables Friday afternoon for some of the dishes to be featured in the Naples Winter Wine Festival vintner dinner co-hosted by the Evenstads and Patricia Aluisi and Donna Solimene.
"Oh my gosh, that's divine," Shannon Evenstad said after tasting a soup she had a hand in.
Guests from around Naples traveled to the Evenstads' home to partake in the night's events. The vintner dinners, featuring food prepared by some of the finest chefs in the world and wine from sought-after collections, are the preamble to Saturday's Wine Festival auction to raise money for kids' charities.
Solimene has been a part of the festivities for a decade.
"This is, by far, the greatest avenue to help the largest number of people," she said. "We want people to be pumped and ready to go tomorrow."
The 28 guests who gathered at the Evenstads' home for cocktails and dinner included Wine Festival regular and Naples attorney John Vega, who began volunteering for the event 11 years ago.
"I like being a part of something so much larger than myself," he said.
Of course, the food and wine is a draw, too, he said.
New York Mets Hall of Fame baseball player Rusty Staub can remember the first Naples Winter Wine Festival when a handful of people went to visit local children's charities to see the good work they did. The event, he recalled, raised $3 million.
"I am glad to be here and support this," he said of the event. "The way it's grown. I have never seen a group use money better. I am proud to be a hiccup in what they do."
The theme of the dinner was "Perfectly Paired" and reflected the pairing of Rucker's Oregon-inspired menu with wines from the Evenstads' Domaine Serene vineyards, which are about 30 miles from Portland.
"We did a Mardi Gras theme one year and an Italian theme one year. But this year, the theme – Perfectly Paired – refers to the food and the wine both being from Oregon," Grace Evenstad said.
Pairing and Oregon were featured in touches throughout the dinner, from the jazz being played – jazz is popular in Portland – to the pears with guests' names on them, which were used as place cards for dinner.
Rucker, 29, who has been cooking in Oregon for eight years and has owned Le Pigeon for five, said Oregon cuisine isn't fussy.
"It's simple. There are not a lot of bells and whistles on the plate," he said.
But there were several interesting dishes. Diners were treated to a foie gras torchon with 7-Up compressed apples and lemon-lime sea salt.
"The 7-Up and the vinaigrette – it lifted the flavor and made it so vibrant," Grace Evenstad told her guests.
Dishes of seafood sausage with cabbage and cod cheeks; crispy lamb shoulder with carrots, mint and yogurt; and roasted pigeon with truffles and creamed chard were among the other dishes of the meal, which ended with a chocolate and almond financiers.
"I want people to leave thinking, 'I need to go to Oregon and eat at that restaurant,'" Rucker said of his food.
The food was paired with wines from the Domaine Serene vineyards, including the vineyard's specialty, pinot noir, and a rose wine, which will be distributed for the first time on Valentine's Day.
"We got into the wine business because we had a passion for pinot," Grace Evenstad said. The couple is the honored vintner at this year's festival. "Oregon is perfect for it. There is a perfect climate, perfect soil."
Grace Evenstad said their goal was to see that diners had a great time.
"I think part of the reason the Naples Winter Wine Festival is so successful is that it is so much fun," she said. "We want people to go home happy and excited for the auction (Saturday)."
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|The Honourable
Chan Kam-lam
|Member of the Legislative Council
|Assumed office
1 October 2000
|Preceded by
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|Kowloon East
|In office
11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
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22 January 1949
Shantou, Guangdong, China
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Chan Kam-lam, SBS, JP (born 22 January 1949 in Shantou, Guangdong, China) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the constituency of Kowloon East.[1]
Chan attended Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Political career[edit]
Chan began his career in politics when he was elected into the Kwun Tong District Council from Ngau Tau Kok in 1988. He was one of the ten members in the Election Committee constituency from 1998 to 2000. Chan has represented the Kowloon East constituency since 2000.
He is married to Wai Ming Tsang; they have three children.His son Chan Chun Kit is Kwun Tong district councillor.
- ^ "Hon CHAN Kam-lam, SBS, JP". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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I have a WorldMap class that currently stores arrays of Rooms, Regions, and Connections, kinda like a big node-looking map.
- Rooms are more broad than a house room, a room can be thought of as any one screen, or one level, but much less complex at the moment.
- Connections connect two Rooms at specific points. The entrances have specific styles associated with them (fancy, plain, (boss!), etc).
- Regions are simply a bucket of Rooms that will later provide rendering details (styles, etc), so rooms within a Castle region will have brick walls (probably).
My question is, what would JGO recommend when it comes to just how stuff is structured internally? The ideas I have in mind are:
1. see the above, basically the world is a big bag of everything. Objects have a global identifier instead of more localized ones. Arguably with this approach, I could get rid of Regions and instead make rooms self-contained with stuff for styles and traps and everything else. It feels a lot closer to entity-component-based design at that point, unless I'm crazy, which could potentially work very well for whenever I decide to add dungeon traps and loot and everything else that a game could probably have, since stuff is "decoupled" so to speak.
2. The world stores an array of regions and an array of connections between regions. The regions store a collection of rooms and a collection of connections between those rooms. The objects would instead have a local identifier value, instead of one as it would be in the entire world. This feels more like regular object-orientated, inheritance-like (or at least tree-like), since the tree of objects is world, region, room. (Connections kinda exist in limbo like branches, whatever) This approach is kinda nice since I won't have spare rooms floating about that I forget to attach or something. I also don't want to slip into the mindset that I should try to fit everything into ECS design, because there are some things that I feel just don't quite jive with it.
3. Kinda weak-feeling, but posted for the sake of completeness: make each room self-contained, with references to its own paths and the region it is in, along with whatever else might come along. The only problem is that I feel like this is inefficient, not in an optimization sense, but in the sense that I need to store objects repeatedly in different objects and have multiple references. It sounds like a web instead of a well-ordered chaos, and potentially very messy.
Any feedback is appreciated! I'm not looking for hard answers, just for some feedback for those that have likely been doing this for probably quite a bit longer than I have.
[EDIT]: Now that I think about it, this probably belongs in Game Design. Kinda muddled.


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This application claims the benefit, under 35 U.S.C. � 365 of International Application PCT/FR00/01464, filed May 29, 2000, which was published in accordance with PCT Article 21(2) on Dec. 14, 2000 in French and which claims the benefit of French patent application No. 99/06958 filed Jun. 2, 1999.
The invention relates to a communication installation, in particular for communal reception of information such as digital television images and/or data of multimedia type (WEB pages, files, sound, data, video images, etc), via the Internet as the case may be.
An installation of this type comprises an input interface via which it receives a signal carrying information of the aforesaid type. This signal emanates from an information source, via a cable link or wire link, over the airwaves, or else via satellite link.
Furthermore, the input interface of the installation receives from this information source, software applications which allow the conversion of the aforesaid signal, into a signal directly usable by a user on equipment such as a television screen, a video recorder, or else a micro-computer. To perform this conversion, there is provided a receiver/decoder device available to an individual user, capable of converting the aforesaid signal by using these software applications.
Known communication installations comprise one receiver/decoder device per user and per type of signal to be received. Thus, an individual user must possess several receiver/decoder devices if he wishes to use several signals arising from separate information sources and associated with different software applications. Furthermore, the connecting of this plurality of receiver/decoder devices to equipment of the aforesaid type often proves to be tricky.
The present invention aims to improve the situation.
For this purpose it proposes a communication installation, of the type comprising:
According to a general definition of the invention,
Advantageously, the local server comprises a harmonizer module linked to the input interface and able to put the first and second signals into a common form, while the receiver/decoder device is devised so as to undertake the conversion of a harmonized signal which exhibits said common form.
In a preferred embodiment, the harmonizer module is devised so as to remodulate the first and second signals according to one and the same type of modulation, while the receiver/decoder device comprises a demultiplexer module advantageously devised so as to operate on signals exhibiting this type of modulation.
According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, the receiver/decoder device comprises a memory for loading the first or second software applications, as well as a management module able to access said memory and devised so as to cooperate with the demultiplexer module, so as to undertake conversion of said harmonized signal with a view to direct use.
According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, the installation comprises a network of connections for linking a multiplicity of receiver/decoder devices to the local server, while the local server comprises an output interface linked to the dialogue module so as to transmit, selectively as a function of the requests from the users, the first or second software applications to the corresponding receiver/decoder devices.
Preferably, the receiver/decoder devices each carry a predetermined identifier while the dialogue module cooperates with a registry of identifiers which the local server comprises, so as to talk repetitively to the receiver/decoder devices according to a question/answer type protocol.
The local server is, preferably, devised so as to successively question the receiver/decoder devices in a substantially cyclic manner, and to receive in answer the requests from the users successively
As a variant or in combination with this cascaded questioning, provision may be made for burst-like questioning. In this case, the local server is devised so as to simultaneously question the receiver/decoder devices and receive in answer the requests from the users simultaneously. According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, the local server is devised so as furthermore to transmit software applications allowing a dialogue between the receiver/decoder device and one at least of said first and second sources, according to an interactive protocol.
Advantageously the receiver/decoder device is able to communicate via a return path with the local server, while the local server comprises a communication link with the first and/or the second information source, so as to transmit to the receiver/decoder device, software applications chosen according to a request from the user.
In one advantageous embodiment of the communication installation according to the invention, the receiver/decoder device is able to transmit via said return path a request to update the first and/or second software applications.
In a particular embodiment, at least one of the first and/or second signals to be received is, in practice, a scrambled signal carrying information subject to pay-per-view, while the receiver/decoder advantageously comprises a descrambler module capable of undertaking a conversion of the first and/or second signals into descrambled signals, with the proviso of obtaining access rights.
Advantageously, the receiver/decoder device comprises a module for managing access rights able to cooperate with the scrambler module so as to activate the descrambling of the first and/or of the second signal, while the local server is able to consult said module for managing access rights, with a view to controlling the rights to which the receiver/decoder device has access.
As a variant, the receiver/decoder device is devised so as to transmit a request for access rights via said return path, while the local server is devised so as to communicate said request for access rights to the first and/or second information source, and so as to send the receiver/decoder device, software applications allowing the descrambling of the first and/or the second signal, in answer to said request for access rights.
Thus, one and the same receiver/decoder device of an installation according to the invention, is capable of selectively converting the first and second signals, on request from a user. In this regard, the present invention also targets such a receiver/decoder device.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear upon examining the detailed description hereinbelow, and the appended drawings in which:
The detailed description hereinbelow and the appended drawings contain in essence elements of definite character. They shall not only serve to better elucidate the present invention but also contribute to its definition, as appropriate.
The detailed description hereinbelow is given essentially within the framework of the communication of information of the digital television images and/or multimedia data type, by way of non-limiting example. The communication of this information is, in the example described, subject to pay-per-view.
In what follows the term "community" is understood to mean a collection of users forming a geographically localized group, such as communal apartment blocks, residential dwellings, hotels, etc.
Referring to
These various signals are of different types of modulation and, as the case may be, of different codings (MPEG, SECAM or other).
For example, in the case of the digital terrestrial signal transmitted over the airwaves S1, the modulation is of COFDM type (the abbreviation standing for the term "CODED ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX"). In the case of the signal S2 transmitted by satellite, its modulation is of QPSK type (the abbreviation standing for the term "QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING"). In the case of the signal S3 transmitted by cable, its modulation is of QAM type (the abbreviation standing for the term "QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION"). In the case of two-wire links, ADSL type modulation (the abbreviation standing for the term "ASYMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE") is often used.
Additionally, at least a part of these signals carries information subject to pay-per-view. Such signals are therefore scrambled and their conversion into descrambled signals, with a view to direct use by a user, requires specific software applications.
In the example described, the signal S2 arises from the "CanalSatellite" (registered trademark) information source and the software application allowing the descrambling of this signal S2 is "MEDIAGUARD" (registered trademark), while signal S3 arises from the "TPS" (registered trademark) information source and the software application allowing its descrambling is "VIACCESS" (registered trademark). Other software applications such as "NAGRAVISION", "CONAX", etc, allow the descrambling of other signals broadcast in certain European networks.
Additionally, associated with these various types of signals are other software applications allowing the shaping of the information which they contain, and particularly interactivity between the user and the sources. For example in the case of the signal S2, the software application used is "MEDIA HIGHWAY" (registered trademark), while in the case of signal S3 the software application used is "OPEN TV" (registered trademark).
Thus, each of the signals is shaped according to a specific type of modulation, and its conversion uses one or more software applications specific to this signal.
It should be noted moreover that the signal S1, received over the airwaves, can be of digital modulation (aforesaid COFDM modulation) or else of analog modulation (SECAM or other).
The head of the communal network TRC comprises an input interface IE capable of receiving the three signals S1, S2 and S3. In the customary manner, the signals transmitted by satellite or by cable (S2 and S3) must be decoded and, as the case may be, descrambled for direct use by a user. This decoding/descrambling is customarily performed by a receiver/decoder device STB (referred to more simply as a decoder in that which follows). Such a decoder STB is generally linked to equipment available to the user, such as a television TV, a video recorder, or else a microcomputer in the case of the reception of multimedia data.
Referring to
In practice, the signal S at the input of the decoder is converted into digital in CAN, then demodulated in DEMOD by cooperation with the tuner SYNTH and the loop PLL. This processing is then followed by a combination of filtering and decoding, for example a VITERBI decoding for the signal S2, which thus completes a processing of the signals which is commonly referred to as "channel decoding".
The signal at the output of this channel decoding block takes the form of a stream of MPEG packets before feeding a source decoding block DECS. In the case of scrambled signals, the source decoding block commences with a descrambler module DESCR, generally driven by a microprocessor μP managing a dynamic memory DRAM, which receives from a chipcard reader (not represented) giving access rights, a key allowing descrambling. This descrambler module DESCR cooperates with a demultiplexer block DEMUX which allows the selecting by means of matched filter of the packets in the MPEG stream. In practice, the demultiplexer module of the decoder makes it possible to filter in the MPEG stream the undesired image data so as to select the image data chosen by the user. This demultiplexing block is followed by a decoder module DECOD (MPEG2 in the example described) and by a video/audio encoder COD so as to deliver signals su for direct use to a television, a video recorder or other.
It should be noted in particular that the descrambler module DESCR, the demultiplexer block DEMUX and the MPEG format decoder (referenced DECOD), in the course of this source decoding, are driven by the microprocessor μP which cooperates with the dynamic memory DRAM and, as the case may be, with a read-only memory ROM.
The decoders/descramblers of the prior art furthermore comprise a link, generally of MODEM type (not represented), with the information source from which the signal received S emanates, so as to download, into the random access memory DRAM, software applications allowing interactivity with the source and, as the case may be, activation of the descrambling/decoding. They additionally comprise in read-only memory ROM, resident software applications which allow basic functions, for example dialogue via MODEM with the source, the functionalities of descrambling, demultiplexing and MPEG decoding, etc.
It is then apparent that each type of decoder is specific to the signal to be received, both at the level of the demodulation blocks (QPSK or QAM) which it comprises, and at the level of the software applications used.
Reference is thus made to
The input channel for the signals S1, S2, and S3 is, preferably, frequency matched with the output channel on the network R. Advantageously, such matching is the responsibility of a software application specific to the network. In a simplified variant, this matching can be performed manually by an installer on the basis of a manually adjustable tuner.
The MPEG streams resulting from these channel decoders feed into a local server SL fitted with a modulator MOD capable of shaping the MPEG streams of the signals S1, S2 and S3 according to a common modulation. Preferably, this common modulation is of COFDM type, corresponding to the initial modulation of the signal S1 transmitted over the airwaves.
Generally, this modulation, corresponding to the modulation of the digital terrestrial signals, exhibits the following advantages:
The signals thus modulated are transposed into a chosen frequency band, typically 8 MHz.
In practice, the signals S1, S2 and S3 are preferably demodulated in DEMOD (
Referring to
Thus, the communal network head TRC:
The decoders STB linked to the network R are off-the-shelf and each comprise a common demultiplexing module intended to operate on common MPEG packets of COFDM type modulation. Each decoder STB of the installation according to the invention comprises, ultimately, just one source decoding block DECS (part framed with solid lines in
However, the software applications used by the microprocessor of a decoder STB must be transmitted through the network R according to the requests by the users (conversion into audio and video signals, descrambling, interactivity with the information sources, etc.).
The local server of the installation according to the invention comprises a dialogue module ICOM allowing interactivity between the communal network head TRC and the various decoders STB of the network R. This dialogue module interprets user requests transmitted by the decoders STB through the return path VR, so as to send in answer the software applications requested.
The channel CVR of the signal SR is reserved for the interpretation of the requests on the return path VR, while the out-of-band channel OB of the signal SR is reserved from the questioning of the decoders STB, in respect of the transmission of the software applications. Preferably, the out-of-band channels CVR and OB convey packets modulated according to a QPSK type modulation with 1 MHz of band. Thus, the dialogue between the local server and the decoders STB allows, for example, adaptation of the respective software configurations of the decoders according to the various subscriptions of the users, within the framework of televisual image broadcasting subject to pay-per-view. This adaptation of the software applications is performed in accordance with the choice of an information source (or operator) by a user. The dialogue between the local server and the decoders moreover allows the user to use the interactive services offered by the various operators.
In a preferred embodiment, the mode of dialogue is of "question/answer" type. The local server SL comprises a memory holding a table of identifiers TA of the decoders STB of the users. For each identifier, the server transmits a "token" via the out-of-band channel OB to each decoder of a user, one after the other. The decoder furnished with the token retransmits, via the channel of the return path CVR, this token which comprises, as the case may be, a new request. This type of cascaded questioning advantageously makes it possible:
In the example, a cycle is performed on the basis of one question every 1 millisecond. Thus, for a communal network comprising some one hundred decoders STB, the duration of the cycle is 100 milliseconds, this duration being compatible with an ITU-J112 type regular bit rate, of 1 MHz bandwidth with a bit rate of 1.544 Mb/s.
As a variant, there may be provision for a burst-like (or packet) question/answer mode. In this embodiment, the server SL downloads, following a request in the network, a set of data constituting a download of a software application. This burst-like protocol advantageously allows a direct tie up between the server and one or more decoders STB. In this mode, there may be provision to load, in practice, 1 Mbyte in 8 seconds.
Of course, these two modes, cascaded and burst-like, can coexist in one and the same version of the installation onto the invention. For example, for permanent monitoring of the requests from the users of the network, there may be provision for a cascaded question/answer mode, while for the downloading of the requested software application, there may be provided, moreover, a burst-like communication.
The dialogue module of the local server SL therefore comprises an interface for managing the return VR which, preferably, is a digital serial interface (not represented) driven, for example, by a microprocessor μP. The dialogue module ICOM cooperates with the aforesaid table of identifiers TA, by way of the microprocessor μP so as to talk to the decoders STB via messages containing an identifier of the decoder STB in the network, as well as data to be transmitted (software applications, multimedia data, etc.).
The table of identifiers TA comprises, in practice, digital addresses of the users on the communal network, at well as references of the decoders STB. This table advantageously makes it possible to estimate a topology of the network, in particular to ascertain the software implanted in the various decoders. The communal network head TRC comprises a MODEM link allowing it to communicate with the various information sources from which the signals S1, S2 and S3 emanate (or operators) and the table of identifiers thus allows the operators to control the various software applications delivered to the decoders STB of the network R.
Additionally, this MODEM link makes it possible moreover to remotely monitor the proper operation of the communal network head. Thus, if the reception and/or the channel decoding of one of the signals S1, S2 and S3 is defective, an alarm is delivered to the corresponding operator, as the case may be.
Reference is now made to
The following plurality of resident software applications are loaded into read-only memory of the decoder:
It should be recalled here that the management of the return path allows dialogue between the local server and the decoders STB and, in particular, makes it possible to download software applications (higher layers of
These downloaded software applications may be put into two categories (or layers A and B), depending on whether they emanate directly from the local server (layer A) or whether they emanate from the sources via the server (layer B).
In what follows, there is described by way of non-limiting example, decoders STB capable of descrambling signals carrying information subject to pay-per-view (digital television images and/or multimedia data).
Each decoder comprises an access control device typically comprising a chipcard reader, in combination with a micro-processor linked to the descrambling module. A change of operator then requires a change of software application in respect of the descrambling.
In a first embodiment of a decoder STB of an installation according to the invention, the means of access control and of management of the descrambling keys are loaded into the resident software applications. In this case, the decoder STB itself caters for management of access controls, without intervention by the local server. In practice, the chipcard interface CM cooperates with the identification module ID (associated with the software application relating to the identification of the user). The access control module CA, downloadable to the network and which, in this regard, appears in layer A of
In a different embodiment, the software applications associated with the right of access are contained in the general software applications offered by the operator via the local server. In this configuration, the receiver/decoder device STB allows the user to use navigation software applications for interactivity with the operators, these navigation software applications being accompanied by software applications relating to the right of access. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the decoder STB does not make it possible to manage the access controls in simple reception, insofar as the management of the access rights is carried out by interactivity with the operator. In this regard, the access control module CA is represented in layer B of
Among the downloadable software applications, the base layer A makes it possible to configure the decoder, for descrambling, demultiplexing, decoding, etc., as well as for interpreting the software applications provided by the operators, on the basis of an API type interface ensuring transmission between the resident software layers and the proprietary interfaces (OPEN TV or MEDIAHIGHWAY).
Layer A therefore comprises;
These basic software applications (or system software) allow:
As was seen earlier, in the second embodiment of the aforesaid decoder, according to which embodiment the access control in respect of descrambling is performed via the local server, the access control module CA (represented by dashed lines in
In the layer B represented in
Additionally, there may be provided, with the navigator software, a module EPG for guidance within the framework of interactivity between the user and the operator, as well as multimedia data DM transmitted in the course of such interactivity. In a preferred embodiment, the software applications, INTDM (multimedia data interpreter), once downloaded, reside in the read-only memory of the decoder.
Thus, according to one of the advantages afforded by the present invention, in the signal SR broadcast in the network R, the various signals S1, S2 and S3 are multiplexed and coded according to a preferred type of modulation (COFDM in the example described). Additionally, in the signal SR, an out-of-band channel OB (of QPSK modulation, in the example described) carries a questioning token, while the out-of-band channel associated with the return path CVR carries a return token, associated, as the case may be, with a new request from a user (new requested software application). On the basis of the system software downloaded into layer A, the decoder is able to demultiplex the signal SR so as to select the image data desired by the user. For the decoding/descrambling image data requiring specific software applications (MEDIAHIGHWAY, OPEN TV), these software applications are transmitted selectively to the decoder STB of the user, according to his request (layer B of the aforesaid software applications).
Another advantage afforded by the present invention is that a single receiver/decoder device STB can be used to decode the various signals, associated with separate software applications, thereby simplifying the hardware available to the users (single connection of a television, of a video recorder or other, to the decoder STB).
Another advantage afforded by the present invention is the control which each operator can perform, through the local server SL, in particular of the software applications with which each decoder STB is furnished, as well the associated access rights.
Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described hereinabove by way of example. It extends to other variants.
It will thus be understood that the installation according to the invention is not limited to an application broadcasting digital images subject to pay-per-view. It may relate moreover to the broadcasting of non-scrambled images, which are accompanied by multimedia data arising from separate sources.
Additionally, the information provided by the various sources described hereinabove does not necessarily relate to television input data. This information may, as a variant, be multimedia data emanating from different sources and of different coding.
The various operators cited above (CanalSatellite, TPS, etc) are described hereinabove by way of example. Additionally, the present invention is not limited to the type of modulations described hereinabove. For example, the COFDM modulation, described hereinabove, of the signals of images broadcast on the network, although advantageous, is open to variants, in particular the coding of the return path which may use ordinary DVB protocols (QAM, QPSK) or SFDMA (Synchronous Frequency Division Multiple Access) or FCDMA (Frequency Coded Division Multiple Access) protocols.
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